OSSEO — On Friday afternoon Renee Goshorn, shelter manager of the Greater Hillsdale Humane Society, squashed any rumor of the shelter closing in the near future. “We have no plans of closing,” she said. She said the shelter is no different than any other non-profit in the county at this time of year. With lack of funding and the economy, funds are limited. “The lack of funding reduces the amount we can do,” she said. The non-profit, no-kill shelter is the only one in the county. It receives financing from donations, fundraising and adoption fees. Goshorn said it takes around $10,000 a month to keep the shelter open between staffing, vet bills, utilities and a variety of other necessities. “Things are rough — we are taking a loss every month, but we have no plans on closing,” Goshorn said. At the current time the shelter is full of cats and dogs, something that she said wasn’t unusual for this time of year. “For every one dog that leaves 15-20 come in,” she said. Goshorn said the main thing people can do to help at this point is send monetary donations to the shelter. The other big thing is volunteers, something they are always in need of. There are several opportunities for volunteers with the organization from foster parenting to helping with things around the shelter. “We love to have volunteers,” she said. She said that currently the shelter is doing well on food donations. Monetary donations can be sent to The Greater Hillsdale Humane Society, 3881 S. Tripp Rd., Osseo, MI, 49266. To volunteer contact Goshorn at ghhs@frontier.com or 517-523-2308.